Objectives
- To conduct high quality quantitative pharmaceutical-related and health care-related research
- To provide a platform for training and education in quantitative research methodology
- To establish ECPM as an internationally recognised academic research institution
Key Areas of Expertise
- Pharmacoeconomics
- Health economics
- Disease modelling
- Epidemiology
- Outcomes research
- Observational and randomised study designs
- Biostatistics
Current Areas of Activity
- Oncology/haematology
- Osteoporosis
- Cardiovascular and heart diseases
- Adipositas and diabetes
- Influenza and other infectious diseases
- Health insurance and utilisation management
- Approaches to health technology assessment and valuation of health services
Project partners
- Collaborative Study Groups, e.g. Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
- EU-FP7 Consortia, e.g. PAIN OUT
- Academic and non-academic healthcare providers
- Pharmaceutical and medical devices companies
- Insurance companies
- Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (BAG)
- Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences